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First Boston Promotes Goekjian, Putting
Him on the Short List as a Possible CEO

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Gregory Zuckerman Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Nov. 19, 1998 1:50 a.m. ET

Credit Suisse First Boston is set to shake up its fixed-income group by elevating a rising star seen by some as a potential successor to chief executive officer Allen Wheat.

Christopher Goekjian, 37 years old, the chief executive of Credit Suisse Financial Products, the firm's derivatives subsidiary, will become co-head of fixed income and derivatives at Credit Suisse First Boston as part of the merger of the firm's derivatives and bond businesses. Mr. Goekjian will be responsible for corporate, mortgage, asset-backed and...